Looking for some must-see shows in this final weekend of the Fringe Festival? Here are five recommendations (not including the shows we’ve covered already) to help you negotiate your way through the perfect storm of possibilities.

Interstellar Elder from Fringe favourites SNAFU sees the multi-talented Ingrid Hansen adrift in a spaceship carrying cryogenically frozen human cargo (that’s us, the audience) as she waits for Earth to heal itself. Hansen, who is also co-starring at this venue with Stephanie Morin-Robert in the outrageously funny The Merkin Sisters, is an amazingly versatile physical comedian with a knack for bringing inanimate objects to life. She’s also come up with what may well be the best ending in the history of the Fringe. (La Chapelle, 3700 St-Dominique St.)

Precinct: An Improvised Cop Story. For sustained belly-laugh-inducing comedy, it’s hard to beat this cornucopia of cop movie clichés. Audience suggestions place the action in some corner of Montreal, then the four-strong team of improv experts (plus a nightly special guest) come up with the perp, the crime, the reason for angrily throwing away the badge, etc. It’s been selling out most nights, so you’ll have to ask yourself: do I feel lucky? (Montreal Improv Espace B 3713 St-Laurent Blvd.)

Mr. and Mrs. Punch in The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy.Marc Monfet

Wanted! is a red-nose clown show starring Mélanie Raymond as an angry cat lady who’s lost her cat and who menaces the audience with her intention to become a people person from now on. She gets lots of slapstick mileage out of a Godot-style tree, and uses her wonderfully malleable face to both hilarious and poignant effect. (Montreal Improv Theatre A, 3697 St-Laurent Blvd.)

The Morning After the Life Before is both a delightful romcom and an air-punching celebration of Ireland’s historic adoption of equal marriage in 2015. Writer-performer Ann Blake tells her own coming out story with mischievous charm, and she and fellow performer Lucia Smyth have great fun sending up their own theatrical missteps (both planned and accidental). Lovely songs too. And cake. (Black Theatre Workshop Studio, 3680 Jeanne-Mance St.)

The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy. One of the pleasures of the Fringe is stumbling across an unexpected treat, like this ultra-traditional rendering of the famous puppet show. It’s a reminder that the roots of children’s stories are often a lot more brutal and radical than the sanitized versions that reach us. Family troupe Tenon Mortaise (mom and dad in the booth, junior on musical accompaniment) combine technical expertise with an exuberant sense of fun. To quote one of the few English lines in this mostly francophone show: “That’s the way to do it!” (Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, 3900 St-Denis St.)

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